Dye-Free Fruity Popcorn

Popcorn is one of the most versatile snacks. You can put it in snack mixes, use it in savory dinners, cover it in caramel, and, of course, eat it plain! I just bought an electric popcorn popper which pops JOLLY TIME kernels in no time and leaves no seeds unpopped, so our family eats popcorn at least once a week.

I wanted to switch things up a bit and make colorful candy popcorn. This fruity popcorn isn’t a recipe with corn syrup or sticks of butter, this recipe has a secret ingredient and that secret ingredient is healthy. No dyes created these bright colors!

The secret ingredient is freeze-dried fruit!

By pulsing freeze-dried fruit to a fine powder, you can have colorful, flavorful popcorn with over 10 servings of fruit per batch! You can find freeze-dried fruit in almost any grocery store. Use any fruit you want, but strawberries and blueberries make the brightest colors.

Dye-Free Fruity Popcorn May Baskets

Do you make May baskets? I am unsure if this is a regional tradition, but here in Iowa, most May baskets include popcorn and candy. Kids make simple baskets out of cups or paper bags, fill them with a snack and ding-dong-ditch their neighbors. When I was making this popcorn, I thought it would be the perfect recipe to make with the kids to use in May baskets to celebrate spring!

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This fruity popcorn is made with freeze-dried fruit for bright colors and a fruity taste. This recipe has over 10 servings of fruit per batch!

Ingredients

1 cup Jolly Time popcorn white kernels, popped

3 oz. package of freeze-dried fruit, any flavor

1 cup granulated sugar

¼ cup water

1 Tbls butter

Instructions

Pop the popcorn and place in a large bowl. (If you are making several different flavors, place them in separate large bowls.)

Place the freeze-dried fruit in a blender or food processor and pulse until it becomes a fine powder. Place the powder in a bowl.

Over medium heat, cook the sugar, water, and butter until boiling. Reduce the heat and boil for 3 minutes.

Add the freeze-dried fruit powder to the boiling mixture and stir until combined. (If you are making several flavors, you will need to pour the boiling sugar mixture into each of the bowls with the freeze dried fruit and mix well. You will need to work fast or the fruit mixture will harden).

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